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Growing problem of income inequality in this country. i think there's some small pieces there. we'll have to do more on that. then there's the issue of fiscal responsibility, which is this country is on an unsustainable path in terms of the debt, and in terms of that, they took a step back on emphasizing, getting ahold of our debt in the medium and long term, so while the president's budget is important and should be commended for the fact there are a number of new initiatives, it doesn't do nearly enough to get our long-term debt problem under control and that, in fact, is part of an overall ...

>> chris, look, we clearly have a growing debt problem and everybody says this is the most predictable economic crisis in the country's history. we have to deal with it. the president refuses to. if you look at his budget last year, it barely had deficit reduction relative to what would happen otherwise. in other words, there was a slight decrease in the deficit. you would hope there would be a significant one. but the only reason there was was because he had a provision in there about a more accurate measure of inflation under the cpi and social security. we now hear that he's actually going ...

>> i'm sorry, senator portman? >> chris, look, we clearly have a growing debt problem and everybody says this is the most predictable economic crisis in the country's history. we have to deal with it. the president refuses to. if you look at his budget last year, it barely had deficit reduction relative to what would happen otherwise. in other words, there was a slight decrease in the deficit. you would hope there would be a significant one. but the only reason there was was because he had a provision in there about a more accurate measure of inflation under the cpi and social security. we now...

>> chris, look, we clearly have a growing debt problem and everybody says this is the most predictable economic crisis in the country's history. we have to deal with it. the president refuses to. if you look at his budget last year, it barely had deficit reduction relative to what would happen otherwise. in other words, there was a slight decrease in the deficit. you would hope there would be a significant one. but the only reason there was was because he had a provision in there about a more accurate measure of inflation under the cpi and social security. we now hear that he's actually going ...

The american people want results and do we have a debt problem? absolutely. the problem is not today. it's kind of to john's point. we've had a problem all along. we had a medicare part d or unfunded war. the congress is writing connection, we ain't had no money in the bank. i'll be if i will let them bankrupt the american worker on this back end. we need to make sure everybody pays their fair share. we also should keep our debt in mind. >> gary b., haven't we seen this movie before? i mean, job initiatives, manufacturing institutes. green spending. it can work. >> exactly, brenda, you know, c...